Legislation

This resolution allows the Department of Public Works to use a $250,000 grant from the Bay Area Rapid Transit District for the Pit Stop Public Toilet Program, covering the period from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022. It has been officially approved and is now in effect.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept and expend a grant of up to $250,000 from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District for the Pit Stop Public Toilet Program starting July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.

This ordinance updates the Environment Code by replacing the existing green building requirements for city buildings with a new set of municipal green building standards. It also confirms that the Planning Department's assessment complies with environmental regulations.

Ordinance amending the Environment Code to repeal Chapter 7: Green Building Requirements for City Buildings and replace with new Chapter 7: Municipal Green Building Requirements; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.

This ordinance updates the landmark designation for the Castro Theatre to include specific exterior and interior features that must be preserved or replaced, ensuring the building's historical significance is fully recognized. It also confirms compliance with environmental regulations and aligns with city planning policies.

Ordinance amending the Landmark Designation for Landmark No. 100, 429-431 Castro Street (the Castro Theatre), Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 3582, Lot No. 085, under Article 10 of the Planning Code, to list the exterior features that should be preserved or replaced in kind, to add interior features to the designation, and to capture the property’s full historical significance; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.

This ordinance extends the temporary suspension of business registration and fee requirements for transportation network company drivers and taxi drivers until the end of Fiscal Year 2027-2028. It aims to provide financial relief to these drivers during this period.

Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to extend through Fiscal Year 2027-2028 the temporary suspension of the application of the business registration and fee requirements to transportation network company drivers and taxi drivers.

This legislation calls for a hearing to discuss evictions in the city's Permanent Supportive Housing projects that receive city funding and to explore ways to prevent and reduce these evictions. It also requests reports from relevant city departments on the issue.

Hearing on the evictions in the City's Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) project-based sites that receive city funds, and efforts to prevent and reduce evictions at PSH sites; and requesting the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Department of Public Health, and Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to report.

The ordinance updates zoning regulations in various districts to allow for more diverse commercial activities, including arts, entertainment, and social services, while also ensuring a mix of commercial space sizes in large developments. It also establishes requirements for nighttime entertainment and compliance with good neighbor policies to address community concerns.

Ordinance amending the Planning Code to update and reorganize Neighborhood Commercial and Mixed Use Zoning District controls, including, among other things, to 1) permit Accessory Arts Activities, and production, wholesaling, and processing of goods and commodities, to occupy more than one-third of total space in Commercial (C), Downtown Residential (DTR), Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use, Mission Bay, and Residential-Commercial (RC) Districts; 2) principally permit Arts Activities, Job Training, Public Facility, and Social Service and Philanthropic Facility uses in the Folsom Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT), SoMa NCT, Regional Commercial, and certain Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use Districts, and in historic and nonconforming commercial buildings in Residential Enclave Districts; 3) principally permit General Entertainment in the Folsom Street NCT District; 4) principally permit Bar uses on the second floor in the Folsom Street NCT and Regional Commercial Districts; 5) principally permit Nighttime Entertainment on properties fronting Folsom Street between 7th Street and Division Street and properties fronting 11th Street between Howard Street and Division Street unless they are zoned Residential Enclave District (RED) or Residential Enclave District - Mixed (RED-MX); 6) principally permit Job Training, Public Facility, and Social Service and Philanthropic Facility Uses in the SoMa NCT District and certain Eastern Neighborhoods Districts; 7) require that large developments in South of Market Mixed Use Districts which contain commercial spaces provide a mix of commercial space sizes; 8) require that all Nighttime Entertainment uses comply with the Entertainment Commission’s good neighbor policies; and 9) remove certain limitations on location for Nighttime Entertainment and Animal Services uses in the Western SoMa Special Use District; and adopting environmental findings, findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.

This ordinance allows the Real Estate Division to approve changes to certain leases related to affordable housing projects, based on recommendations from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development. It specifically addresses adjustments to residual rent payments and protections for lenders involved in these projects.

Ordinance delegating Board of Supervisors approval authority under Charter, Section 9.118 and Administrative Code, Section 23.30 to the Real Estate Division, based on the recommendation of Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (“MOHCD”), to amend certain existing leases regarding residual rent payments and lender protections for 100% affordable housing projects.

The ordinance allows the City to lease a property at 5630-5638 Mission Street to Dolores Street Community Services for $1 per year to provide Permanent Supportive Housing for formerly homeless and low-income households, with the City covering management costs up to $10.7 million over five years. It also exempts the property from certain contracting requirements while ensuring compliance with prevailing wage laws.

Ordinance 1) approving and authorizing the Director of Property and the Executive Director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“HSH”) to enter into a Lease and Property Management Agreement (“Agreement”) with Dolores Street Community Services to lease, operate, and maintain the real property and residential improvements at 5630-5638 Mission Street (“Property”) for an initial five-year term to commence upon the first day of the month following the effective date of this Ordinance with one five-year option to extend, and base rent of $1 per year with no annual rent increases, and for net property management and operating costs to be paid by the City in a total five-year amount not to exceed $10,741,000; 2) determining, in accordance with Administrative Code, Section 23.33, that the below market rent payable under the Agreement will serve a public purpose by providing Permanent Supportive Housing for formerly homeless and low-income households; 3) adopting findings that the Property is “exempt surplus land” under the California Surplus Land Act; 4) exempting the Property from contracting requirements in Administrative Code, Chapter 6, but requiring compliance with the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements of Administrative Code, Section 23.61; 5) authorizing the Director of Property and the Executive Director of HSH to make certain modifications to the Agreement and take certain actions in furtherance of the Agreement and this Ordinance, as defined herein; 6) ratifying all prior actions taken by any City employee or official with respect to the Agreement; and 7) affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and adopting the Planning Department’s findings that the Agreement is consistent with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.

The ordinance allows the City to lease a property at 3055-3061 16th Street to Dolores Street Community Services for $1 per year to provide Permanent Supportive Housing for formerly homeless and low-income households. It also exempts the property from certain contracting requirements while ensuring compliance with prevailing wage laws.

Ordinance 1) approving and authorizing the Director of Property and the Executive Director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“HSH”) to enter into a Lease and Property Management Agreement (“Agreement”) with Dolores Street Community Services to lease, operate, and maintain the real property and residential improvements at 3055-3061 16th Street (“Property”) for an initial five-year term to commence upon the first day of the month following the effective date of this Ordinance with one five-year option to extend, and base rent of $1 per year with no annual rent increases, and for net property management and operating costs to be paid by the City in a total five-year amount not to exceed $7,147,000; 2) determining, in accordance with Administrative Code, Section 23.33, that the below market rent payable under the Agreement will serve a public purpose, by providing Permanent Supportive Housing for formerly homeless and low-income households; 3) adopting findings that the Property is “exempt surplus land” under the California Surplus Land Act; 4) exempting the Property from contracting requirements in Administrative Code, Chapter 6, but requiring compliance with the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements of Administrative Code, Section 23.61; 5) authorizing the Director of Property and the Executive Director of HSH to make certain modifications to the Agreement and take certain actions in furtherance of the Agreement and this Ordinance, as defined herein; 6) ratifying all prior actions taken by any City employee or official with respect to the Agreement; and 7) affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and adopting the Planning Department’s findings that the Agreement is consistent with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.

This ordinance allows existing shared spaces in certain public parking lots in the Mission Street area to continue operating without losing their designated parking status. It also confirms that the Planning Department's assessment complies with environmental regulations and aligns with the city's General Plan and key planning policies.

Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow continued use of existing shared spaces in specified public parking lots in the Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) District without triggering abandonment of the underlying vehicular parking use; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.